Switching to Linux: A Beginner’s Guide

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How to switch from Windows to Linux, including reasons to switch, applications, distros, testing, installation and broader migration. This video has spawned a series -- with the second episode (on drives and partitons in Linux) now here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFGAWbDy98Q The other ExplainingComputers episodes I’ve referred to in this video are as follows: Running Windows Programs on Linux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqZDuKB949U Ventoy: Multi-boot USB Drive Tool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7APoZzNPyU Linux Mint 22 (2024 review): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qZI6i21jB4 Zorin OS 17 (2024 review): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FryhC19wu8 Ubuntu 24.04 (2024 review): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNK-tmMz618 Linux Mint: Tips & Tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKCowLHiQ8o Linux Tips for MS Office Users: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3R58a0cg0Y Linux Survival Guide #3: GPU Drivers & Printing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lah9rMX1FnI And all of my Linux videos are listed and linked here: https://www.explainingcomputers.com/linux_videos.html DOWNLOAD LINKS Linux Mint: https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php Zorin OS: https://zorin.com/os/download/ Ubuntu: https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop Balena Etcher (tool to write Linux ISO image to USB drive): https://etcher.balena.io/ BOOTING FROM A USB DRIVE Exactly how you boot from a USB drive does I’m afraid depend on your particular computer. Often a boot menu can be accessed by pres

Published 2024-09-01 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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